The Churches.
,;'•' A considerable portion of the; sermon delivered m the. YSTesley an Church' yepter- * day Morning bytiießev. Mr.Bunri wastor- • cibly -applied to the practice of public dancing. -/The minister condemned the ■ practice as -having a tendency^ to estrange those desirous of living consistent Chris- • tian / lives., from the things concerning this external welfare. Through this very •practice he* knew positively that the road to -vice and immorality ■ had been opened up to many who Had attended regularly at the Sabbath School, bujt who were led away by this inducements to pleasurable enjoyment, f^ ■ . • Th<> Rev. Mr Gopinjer delivered an earrieat address to his congregation at All •Saints' Ghurch last .evening on the matter of mission work and its spiritual advantages; The minister jiotffied that a mission wbbld be held m. Palmerston m the month, of August. «id exhorted all the r r p»emb«rß of the Churfth to be enthusiastic " ia tiemMv anf ai^sirVracticany m ; tlb"e." furtheranctdf the good work. 8.6 hoped .lasting good: would result from. the "special • efforts they were about to put forth and that the careless and indifferent ones would be aroused to a sense of the /danger- they, ran m paocrastrinating their eternal saiyition. ' ; : :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 20, 22 June 1885, Page 3
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199The Churches. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 20, 22 June 1885, Page 3
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